The origins of the Lemba 'Black Jews' of Southern Africa: Evidence from p12F2 and other Y-chromosome markers

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1126-1133

  Spurdle, Amanda B ^a   Jenkins, Trefor ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH LABORATORY SERVICE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CELL SPECIFICITY; CHROMOSOME MARKER; CULTURAL FACTOR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; Y CHROMOSOME;

AFRICA, SOUTHERN; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALLELES; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; JEWS; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0029998090     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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